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Date:      Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:33:06 -0400
From:      David Horn <dhorn2000@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org, brooks@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Dynamic loading of network kernel modules?
Message-ID:  <25ff90d60903181033n5d3f0a79w7a8ea504f911ecf@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200903181626.n2IGQgqt054487@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <25ff90d60903180904ud077fcdy344cda5307a9037e@mail.gmail.com> <200903181626.n2IGQgqt054487@lurza.secnetix.de>

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On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> wr=
ote:
> David Horn wrote:
> =A0> Oliver Fromme wrote:
> =A0> >
> =A0> > =A0network_interfaces=3D"bge0 lo0"
> =A0>
> =A0> Ah. =A0Ok, now I am understanding your scenario.
> =A0>
> =A0> I thought that using 'network_interfaces' with anything other than
> =A0> "AUTO" =A0was in the process of being depreciated ?
>
> Well, the manual page says so, but I think that is a
> mistake. =A0There are cases where you have to specify the
> list of interfaces explicitly. =A0The situation described
> in this thread is one such case.

Good point.

>
> My opinion is that it is good to have the ability to let
> things be done automatically, but it is bad to remove the
> ability to do things manually. =A0This is UNIX, after all.

Exactly.  Both scenarios should probably be supported, but I guess we
would need to ask brooks for some history on the depreciated warning
for network_interfaces.

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src/etc/network.subr
Revision 1.185: download - view: text, markup, annotated - [selected for di=
ffs]
Wed Apr 30 16:29:15 2008 UTC (10 months, 2 weeks ago) by brooks
Branches: MAIN
Diff to: previous 1.184: preferred, colored
Changes since revision 1.184: +4 -0 lines

Emit a warning when the network_interfaces variable is not set to AUTO.

MFC after:	3 days
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--Thanks!

-_Dave H

>
> Best regards
> =A0 Oliver
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